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Story: Conifer–broadleaf forests

Southern rātā forest

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Southern rātā forest

Pure stands of the red-flowering southern rātā (Metrosideros umbellata) grow on the coastal and upper slopes of the Catlins range, at the south-eastern tip of the South Island.

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John Dawson, Conifer–broadleaf forests – Central and southern forests, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11669/southern-rata-forest (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by John Dawson, published 1 March 2009.